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(1)
The fact that a few improvements in a few key areas of operations will have more impact than many improvements in many other areas is consistent with the:
[A]
Pareto phenomenon.
[B]
Stevenson phenomenon.
[C]
Tellier phenomenon.
[D]
Adam Smith phenomenon.
Answer: Pareto phenomenon.
(2)
Operations and sales are the two- ______________ functions in businesses.
[A]
strategic.
[B]
tactical.
[C]
support.
[D]
line.
(3)
If an artificial variable remains in the solution with a positive value after the stopping criterion has been reached, the problem
[A]
is infeasible.
[B]
is optimal.
[C]
needs a new basis.
[D]
has more than one solution.
(4)
The transportation model method that is used to evaluate location alternatives minimizes total.
[A]
sources.
[B]
destinations.
[C]
capacity.
[D]
shipping costs.
(5)
Which of the following is NOT an element of TQM?
[A]
Leadership.
[B]
Perceived quality.
[C]
Employee empowerment.
[D]
Customer focus.
Answer: Perceived quality.
(6)
Which of the following is not a type of operations?
[A]
goods production.
[B]
storage/transportation.
[C]
entertainment.
[D]
all the above involve operations.
Answer: all the above involve operations.
(7)
Which one of the following would not generally be classified under the heading of transformation?
[A]
assembling.
[B]
teaching.
[C]
staffing.
[D]
farming.
(8)
Farming is an example of:r
[A]
an obsolete activity.
[B]
a virtual organization.
[C]
non-manufactured goods.
[D]
a growth industry.
Answer: non-manufactured goods.
(9)
The operating characteristic (OC) curve shows the probability of
[A]
rejection for every possible true percentage of defectives.
[B]
acceptance for every possible true percentage of defectives.
[C]
making type I errors for various percentages of defectives.
[D]
none of the above.
Answer: acceptance for every possible true percentage of defectives.
(10)
Which of the following is not a type of operations?
[A]
goods production.
[B]
storage/transportation.
[C]
entertainment.
[D]
price reduction.